The vaginal speculum carries the weight of generations of preconceptions about morality, blame and attitudes to pain. Lalita ...

Julia Martins might get the side-eye for breastfeeding a three-year-old in the UK but, as she explains, examples from history ...

show credit information for image 'Gavin Francis in his Edinburgh GP practice' Gavin Francis in his Edinburgh GP practice. © James Glossop for Wellcome Collection ...

Credit: Identification anthropométrique / instructions signalétiques par Alphonse Bertillon. This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical ...

Join artists Larry Achiampong and David Blandy and panellists in conversation about their most recent work, ‘_GOD_MODE_’, featured in the ‘Genetic Automata’ exhibition, and how it addresses what we ...

Credit: Report of the Committee for Scientific Inquiries in relation to the cholera-epidemic of 1854. This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be ...

Credit: The elements of experimental chemistry / by William Henry. This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London..

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show credit information for image 'Wooden cross used in Ban Nong Tao Pgak’yau Karen community to claim an area of public space for farming as part of the rotational ...

show credit information for image 'Heating up and drying out' Heating up and drying out. © Asma Istwani for Wellcome Collection. Having a hot flush (also known as a ...